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Overdrive is almost like another gear for your transmission. Say you have a four-speed w/ overdrive automatic transmission in your car. Once you get up into fourth gear, and if you're not trying to accelerate hard, the trans will kick into overdrive. It drops the engine's RPM's and saves gas. When you are traveling on the highway it help to conserve fuel.
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When do you use overdrive in an automatic car?
If an automatic car is in off overdrive does it save fuel
What would cause the overdrive light to flash on a ford expedition?
if you have overdrive in that car it means that your about to go into overdrive
Do you use overdrive in the snow?
Yes, you can use overdrive in your car when driving in the snow. Using overdrive helps the car maintain better traction in slick and icy conditions.
Is it better to have the over drive button switched off or on in an 88 Camry?
The car needs to go into overdrive unless you are towing something heavy which makes it shift between overdrive and non overdrive. It is better to allow the car to shift into overdrive.
What would cause your overdrive switch to not work on a 1995 Mazda Protege when passing a car and the overdrive switch is off it won't automatically shift down to accelerate?
If the overdrive switch is turned off then the car will not go into overdrive. As it is not in overdrive, then it will not downshift out of overdrive as it normally would. It also will not shift to 3rd gear above a certain factory preset speed. Turn th overdrive on and see if it operates normally.
Will a car start with a disabled overdrive?
yes it will start it just wont go into overdrive when you are driving it drrba
What old car feature starts with an o?
Overdrive?
What is the function of an overdrive?
Overdrive just lets the car use the lowest gear. Without overdrive you are probably only using 3 gears, and with it you are probably using 4.
Does overdrive make your car move faster?
Overdrive lets the engine run slower at highway speeds. This saves on gas.
Should you drive your car in drive or overdrive?
If it has overdrive use it! it is a "highway gear" it will make no difference what so ever until you get up to speed then it will shift into overdrive and save you gas!
No overdrive on a 1990 Lincoln town car.?
why does the 1991 Lincoln towncars transmission not have overdrive?Instead of going into overdrive it seems to go into neutral.But if you take it out of overdrive and leave it in drive it never goes into neutral while I'm driving.
Why doesn't your 1995 Geo Metro shift into overdrive?
Could be a bad overdrive solenoid switch or relay. No, I don't know where they are on this car.
